Katie Taylor has Amanda Serrano, Delfine Persoon and Cecilia Braekhus on her radar as the Irish fighter looks to leave behind a legacy that will stand the test of time.

"You can criticise a man's wife; never his horse" - The Brother

He was a bull as they saw it and a wild bull at that, but he was theirs now, ready to knock spots off the m. Alan Mangan first heard the news in Gran Canaria, initially presuming it just mischief. Páidí Ó Sé, that Kerry institution, was coming to manage Westmeath, all the way from Ventry. But the hullabaloo aroused at home soon caught a persuasive wind and, within hours of landing in Las Palmas, three of them were exploring options for early flights home.

Is the Leaving Cert cancelled or postponed?

A Dublin Leaving Cert student has said she doesn't believe the Irish education system has the ability to predict grades fairly after it was announced yesterday that the State exams have been cancelled due to public health concerns.

Efforts to fast-track the opening of pubs next month have been delivered a body blow by Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan.

A 38-year-old man who was stabbed multiple times in both legs and suffered a broken nose was accused by a gang of thugs of attending the funeral of slain hitman Robbie Lawlor.

Loyalist terrorists in the North have issued threats against journalists working for the Sunday Life and Sunday World newspapers.

The Government has been urged to consider a 'staycation' package, to salvage something from the 2020 season, by one of Ireland's most successful marine tourism officials.

The catastrophic impact of the coronavirus on the State's economy is threatening another delay to the construction of the long-awaited new €350m National Maternity Hospital in Dublin.

A security man accused of having drugs at a building site is to be allowed to continue working there after a court was told he had a "constitutional right" to employment.

A couple of weeks ago, Brian Fenton received a text from his father instructing him to switch on his television.

Fraud squad detectives have seized a number of electronic devices and documentation as part of a massive international probe into a €1m invoice redirect fraud.

The executives of the country's two second-level teacher unions met last night to consider the implications of a newly-devised 'calculated grades' system that will replace this year's cancelled summer Leaving Certificate exams.

The United States stunned other members of the UN Security Council by preventing a vote on a resolution for a ceasefire in various conflicts around the world to help troubled nations better fight the coronavirus pandemic, diplomats said.

The Courts Service is to increase virtual hearings and extend the use of physical distancing in courtrooms to allow more cases to be dealt with in the coming weeks.

The news that a French patient tested positive for Covid-19 in December means countries will have to go back and test old samples to try to pin down when the outbreak really began on their shores, experts have told RTÉ News.

Irish golf courses will reopen on 18 May after 55 days without a round being played - but there will be numerous restrictions. Gary Moran reports on the sport's first, tentative steps towards normality.

Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party are meeting in the Department of Agriculture to try to resolve their significant differences on housing, public transport and the environment, writes Sandra Hurley.

Australia's most populous states have held back from relaxing coronavirus restrictions although other states began allowing small gatherings and were preparing to open restaurants and shops.

The chief executive of the Mental Health Commission says 16 people in the sector have died with Covid-19.

In normal times such a decision - to require teachers to judge their own students for such a high stakes process as the Leaving Certificate exams - would have caused uproar, striking terror in the hearts of many teachers, and also students and parents. But these are not normal times.

The Teachers Union of Ireland has said that it will cooperate with the newly-devised 'calculated grades' system that will replace this year's Leaving Cert exams. It said it will engage with the Department of Education to ensure that it is "fair and equitable for every student".

Spain's daily death toll due to Covid-19 today fell to its second lowest since mid-March, as half the country prepares to move to the next phase of its rolling back of lockdown measures.

Thousands of people have taken part in the mental health charity Pieta House's 'Darkness Into Light' Sunrise Appeal at dawn.

The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 275,000 people worldwide since it began in China late last year, with more than 85 percent of fatalities in Europe and the United States.

Follow all the latest developments regarding Covid-19, around the world and at home, as they happen.

Little Richard, a founding father of Rock 'n' Roll, has died at the age of 87.

It is almost ten weeks since the coronavirus emergency erupted here, following confirmation of the first case of Covid-19 in Ireland. Our world has changed in the most unexpected ways.

Safety measures including no-handshake policies, temperature testing, intensive cleaning, and contact logs to facilitate contact tracing are set to be introduced for businesses re-opening shortly, under a new protocol for employers and workers on dealing with Covid-19.

The UK Government could be set to announce a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all passengers into Britain as part of measures aimed at avoiding a second Covid-19 peak, according to reports in British media.

The government plan to re-open workplaces will be mandatory, and the Health and Safety Authority will be allowed to shut down businesses that do not comply.

Minister for Health Simon Harris has said the number of people in intensive care in Irish hospitals with confirmed cases of Covid-19 has fallen further.

The Malta Chamber of Commerce has pledged its support to government in the formulation of a new Iindividual Investor Programme to ensure the new scheme is compatible with good governance

In many markets, the MGA license is most respected by players and many new regulatory frameworks are modelled after it

Lands Authority confirms that the FKNK has no title to Miżieb and l-Aħrax tal-Mellieha, independent candidate Arnold Cassola says 

Maltese government to inform EC it will no longer provide boarding team to Operation Irini, which is attempting to stop Turkish weapons to Libyan GNA

Economy Minister Silvio Schembri downplays Joseph Muscat's role in drawing up Malta's post-COVID strategy, insisting the government is consulting with several parties

BirdLife video of illegal hunting in Malta sent to European Commission

Overnight testing recorded three new cases of coronavirus from 1,137 swab tests and six more people have recovered.

Commercial Court rules that St Philip's Hospital owner Frank Portelli cannot decide the hospital's fate on his own as HSBC Bank seeks repayment of €11.5 million in loans, appoints two provisional administrators

Police say Natalie Bonello pretended to be a care worker in order to gain access to elderly women’s homes, from which she then proceeded to steal jewellery

Opposition leader Adrian Delia meets PBS top officials

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expresses ‘deep concern’ over reports of failure to assist and coordinate pushbacks of migrant boats in the central Mediterranean

No one caught breaking mandatory quarantine

Rock band Brikkuni’s video release for Fomm ir-Riħ stuns with Franco Rizzo’s photography from the heart of Seoul 

Murder suspect Alfred Degiorgio does not want to appear in court after COVID-19 lockdown prevented him from seeing family 

Court turns down alleged Caruana Galizia assassination mastermind's request to have compilation of evidence continue 

A huge 28,000 square metre retail centre is being earmarked for the Barbros construction plant next to the Lidl supermarket in Zejtun

A message from the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli, the President of the European Council Charles Michel and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen